Unbeaten centuries for Tector brothers Jack and Tim were the highlight of the day in the IBI Corporate Finance Cricket Leinster Premier League, as they helped YMCA to a 9 wicket victory over The Hills, whilst an unbeaten 61 from Ryan Hackney saw his good form continue as Malahide saw off Clontarf by 8 wickets, with Phoenix seeing off Pembroke in Sydney Parade thanks to an unbeaten 49 from Adam Chester, backing up an excellent 3/24 from Tyrone Kane. Whilst the tightest finish of the day saw Balbriggan win by 4 wickets thanks to a century from Connor Fletcher as they chased down Merrion’s John Anderson propelled 292/6, with the former international making 124* in the first innings.
In the Championship, Sadiq Safi’s 6/22 saw Terenure bowl North County out for just 63, in a complete reverse of the fixture played two weeks ago, Séamus Lynch’s 30 saw the home side to a 9 wicket victory. Joey Carroll’s unbeaten 113 & 3/24 was backed up by 86 & 3/37 from fellow Australian Ben Mitchell as Leinster saw off Rush by 156 runs. In Kilcock, Kaustab Pawar made 40* as North Kildare chased Cork Harlequins’ target of 76 in just 10 overs, backing up Manjeet Singh’s 4/11 and Imran Ul-Haq’s 3/0 in an 8 wicket win for the home side. Whilst in Park Avenue, Liam McCarthy (46*) and Kenny Carroll (45) saw Railway Union make 186 all out, before they restricted Cork County to 149 in reply thanks to three wickets for Seán O’Brien, whilst there were two apiece for Fakhar Zaman and Hamza Maan as the home side ran out 26 run victors on DLS.
IBI CORPORATE FINANCE PREMIER LEAGUE
At Claremont Road
YMCA 228/1, 42.3 overs (J Tector 107*, T Tector 105*)
beat
The Hills 227/8, 50 overs (D Blignaut 42, A Farooqi 40; H Harshit 2/38)
by 9 wickets
At Sydney Parade
Phoenix 146/7, 31.5 overs (A Chester 49*; G Hoey 3/35)
beat
Pembroke 146/10, 38.1 overs (D Tucker 50, JJ Garth 38; T Kane 3/24)
by 3 wickets
At Castle Avenue
Malahide 163/2, 40.3 overs (R Hackney 61*, F McAllister 38*)
beat
Clontarf 162/10, 47.3 overs (E Delany 37; C Shoebridge 3/27)
by 8 wickets
At Anglesea Road
Balbriggan 293/6 (C Fletcher 103)
beat
Merrion 292/6, 50 overs (J Anderson 124*; K Ali 3/47)
by 4 wickets
IBI CORPORATE FINANCE CHAMPIONSHIP
At Terenure
Terenure 67/1, 11.0 overs (S Lynch 30, H Dall 26*)
beat
North County 63/10, 21.5 overs (S Safi 6/22, R Grover 2/14)
by 9 wickets
At Park Avenue
Railway Union 186/10, 45.5 overs (L McCarthy 46*, K Carroll 45; F Mostert 3/33)
beat
Cork County 149/10, 40.5 overs (C Hassett 69; S O’Brien 3/26)
by 26 runs (DLS)
At Kenure
Leinster 306/5, 50 overs (J Carroll 113*, B Mitchell 86; D Coffey 2/48)
beat
Rush 150/10, 28.1 overs (A Abbasi 43; J Carroll 3/24, B Mitchell 3/37)
by 156 runs
At The Maws
North Kildare 75/2, 10 overs (K Pawar 40*)
beat
Cork Harlequins 74/10, 29.2 overs (M Singh 4/11, I ul-Haq 3/0)
by 8 wickets